Big Circle is an authorized publication of the United States Marine Corps. It is published to inform Okinawan community leaders, educators and concerned organizations and persons about U.S. Marine Corps activities on Okinawa and in the region. The contents of Big Circle are not necessarily official views of, or endorsed by, the Marine Corps, U.S. Government or Department of Defense. It is published quarterly by the Consolidated Public Affairs Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler.

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